MS SQL Server Auditing Tool

Databases are critical to enterprises because they store confidential data. Hence it becomes important to monitor database logs. But manually auditing them is a herculean task because of the enormous amount of log data generated. ManageEngine's EventLog Analyzer is a comprehensive log management tool that makes it easy for you to monitor all database activities, audit user accesses, track database server account changes, and ensure integrity of confidential data stored, especially in your MS SQL server database.

24105: Issued a delete database symmetric key command

A symmetric key uses the same password to both encrypt and decrypt data. Event 24105 occurs when a command to delete the symmetric key of a database in an SQL server has been issued. It is generated by the DATABASE_OBJECT_CHANGE_GROUP action group. Important information can be derived from this event including the:

Date and time at which the event occurred.

Session identifier of the event.

Privileged user who performed the action.

Name of the server in which the database, whose symmetric key is to be deleted, is present.